Author: Dick Mangrum

The Oconee public schools will have two calendars to keep track of next year. Not all of the county trustees are on board. In a 3 to 2 vote, the trustees approved the administration recommendation to start elementary classes next year on August 17. Middle and high school students are to report one week earlier—Monday, August 10. Dr. Michael Thorsland, […]

The Seneca Planning Department has announced that, because of the lack of a quorum, tonight’s planning commission meeting has been postponed.  The new date is Monday, October 21–6 pm at City Hall.  The announcement states:  “We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.”

A 15-year old boy from the Spartanburg County community of Moore has been identified as Friday’s drowning victim on the Pickens County side of Lake Keowee.  Sahiyd Thomas was on a camping trip with a church group when he went under the water.  Coroner Kandy Kelley says Sahiyd was found about 40 minutes later.  An autopsy will take place today.

Social Security and Medicare are both programs that are household names, but do you know the true difference?  There’s a simple explanation offered by Tony Williams, a Social Security public affairs representative in Aiken.  Both Medicare and Social Security help safeguard millions of Americans, as well as improve the quality of life for their families and friends.  While Social Security […]

Those new Duke tax assessment numbers from Columbia are going to impact Oconee public schools by nearly $900 thousand. It’s a concern because the county trustees will have to find another avenue to square expenses with revenues. Jerry Lee, the chairman, estimates that a tax increase would fall short of 1.5 mills, but he mentions two other possibilities. The trustees […]

Members of the governing bodies of four upstate counties have chosen Anderson this week for one of their quarterly get togethers.  It’s not a formal meeting, but it will serve as a way for members of the county councils from Oconee, Anderson, Pickens and Greenville to talk with each other about issues, some of them common to them all.  The […]

Under a blue sky and in summer heat, Keowee Key residents are eager today to try out their re-built golf course. The ribbon-cutting and grand re-opening mean that 18-hole golf has been returned as one of the amenities for those who live in the Oconee County lake community. The re-built golf course, a multi-million dollar project, is one of the […]

A near 200-year old home in Pendleton, designed and built by the famous American architect Robert Mills, is headed for the auction block. Auction Services of Anderson will conduct live and online bidding at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, September 24. Located at 112 W. Queen Street not far from the Village Green, Marshalsea is part of the estate of Mary […]